Ikenberry Takes Interim Presidency at Illinois

Submitted by Doug Lederman on October 5, 2009 - 3:00am

Stanley O. Ikenberry, former president of the University of Illinois system and of the American Council on Education, was named Saturday as interim president at the University of Illinois, which is recovering from an admissions scandal that led to the resignation of B. Joseph White,[1] who will leave the presidency at the end of the year. In a statement,[2] Ikenberry said: "My top priorities will be to support the board in its search for an outstanding president and to work with faculty and academic leaders on all three campuses as we move forward to address a very challenging agenda. We have abundant energy and many friends and we’ll need both.”